Leviticus 20:6:12Lev.20.6.W12TAB
וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י
vehikhrati
“and I will cut off”
- Transliteration
- ve-hiKH-ra-TI
- Extended
- veh-hiKH-rah-TEE
- IPA
- /və.hiχ.raˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will cut off
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hiKH-ra-TI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hiKH-ra-TI o-TO
- clause
ve-na-ta-TI et-pa-NAI ba-NE-fesh ha-HI ve-hiKH-ra-TI o-TO mi-KE-rev am-MO
- sentence
ve-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER tif-NEH el-ha-O-vot ve-el-ha-YID-deh-o-NEEM liz-NOT a-kha-REE-hem ve-na-ta-TI et-pa-NAI ba-NE-fesh ha-HI ve-hiKH-ra-TI o-TO mi-KE-rev am-MO
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive perfects ve-natati {וְנָתַתִּי | wə-nā-ṭat-tî} ‘and I will set’ and ve-hikhrati {וְהִכְרַתִּי | wə-hik-rat-tî} ‘and I will cut off’ form a sequence of judicial actions.
Root and etymology
Rootk-r-t
“to cut off”
In context — Leviticus 20:6
And the soul who turns to the mediums and the spiritists, to prostitute themselves after them, I will set my face against that soul and will cut it off from the midst of its people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 20:6, so the Hebrew word וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י (vehikhrati) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.20.6.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.6.W12.S1) and character.